Funeral car



NOV. 3, 1931 slLVER 1,830,376

FUNERAL CAR Filed Nov. 29. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l mnmtcw 3 Ralph L Silver R, L. SILVER 1,830,376

FUNERAL CAR Filed Nov. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 3, 1931.

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RALPH L. SILVER, or :xmenrsrowimvinmlmlg.rnssre von fl'roixmcn rsrown m: 1:

COMPANY, or xmenrsrown, mmanmnoonronarlon or INDIANA- general way in'my Patent No. 1,680,811,1of August 14,1929, the present inventionrelating particularly to such a vehiclewherein the main body of the car is separated from r the drivers compartment by a partition and I consists ina construction and arrangement of parts whereby by moving forward a part of said partition the seat will be moved forward to a position out ofthe Way'ofthe casket in loading or unloading, all as will'be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made' a part hereof and on which 811111131 reference characters ind cate similar parts Figure -1-is a i a car'embodying my invention, the parts being illustrated withthe side open as when, a

.- casket is to be loaded, 1

Figure 2, a horizontal section,

Figure 3, a section-on line 33;of Figure 2, and V Figure 4, In the drawings reference character 10 in- I i dicates a body adapted to a funeral car'of this type provided with apair ofdoors'l-l and 12 which arehinged to the body 10in such a way asto permit them to swing outwardly.

I The doors 11'and'12 when open asshown by the dotted lines in Figure 2 provide an open ,ing equal to the combined widthofthe two f doors. Seats 13 and 14are provided for the driver and attendant each mounted tofslide I back and forth and guided by slotted tracks f,

' 115 in the slots of which is a pin or stud 16 onthe undersideto which the respective seat frames are pivotally engaged. v The compart- .ment designed for the driver and attendant 'ii is separatedjfromi the main body of the car by a partition comprising sections 17 and 18' hinged together at'the center by hinges '19. The outer members 20 of the frame of said partition; are recessed to 1 form .door ambs against which .the car doors close andithus' normally. hold the partitionzin fixed position.

Thesaid frames are each" hinged at their respective outer edges to the. partition sections 7 171and18by hinges grand-22. v The backs,

a side elevation of one seat. I

arranged in the 'ca'r 'in' front of theopening disposed'at an angleto-the longitudinal axis of'the vehicle and further assist in loading or unloading A number of additional rollers 26am disposed transversely of thebody which receive 5 the casketfrom thefannular rollers-and ten te bring i to longitudinal positionin thezcar. 3 -i llhe operation is as follows, it being desiredrtoi l'oad a casket into the carfi'onithe I side indicated in Figure 1, doors' 11"and.12

are-fopenedilwliem section 18 of the partition I r J V e maybe swung forward on its hinge 19 which perspective view illustrating motion because of the hinged connection 22 also slides forward the seat at this side of the car removing all obstruction to the opening and thus permitting ready loading and unloading. The operation is the same, as will be understood, when the loading or unloading is to'be from the other side of the car.

Byfthis arrangement the compartment de- 5' signed for the driver and attendant is entire,- ly' separated from the main body of the car andwith the obvious advantages.

- It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes ma be-Inade in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit ;myself to Whatisshown in the drawings and i described inthe specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1-. A vehicle body: of the classy described comprising asectional movable partition, a seat 'comprisinga back fixed to the front 23 and Q4 of the seatsyarecarried on side of a sectionof the partition, a seatpor-- tion pivoted at one corner to the free end ofa section of said partition, a track secured to the floor of the vehicle, and a stud pivotally secured to the bottom of the "said seat portion slidably" engaged in said track i .for guiding the seat forward. substantially as set forth.-

2. In a vehicle body of the class described; a movable hingedpartition, a drivers com-- ,partment having a plurality of seats, said seats conforming to'theinterior ofthe sides 'of the compartment and each connected to a section ofthe movable. hinged partition, said partition serving as a' support for, the

back'and' as a movable axis for the seat porx 'tion, and means for'guiding the seats in a V- i a r 7 substantial forward directionito permit'an H unobstru'cted entrance to the f've'hic1ebody, substantially as set forth. I J or .7 I

3. A funeral car comprising a bodyj'doors secured to the side of 'the'body adaptedto. I 15 swing outwardly to provide antenobsmicted' Side ,opening, a movable. s tional partition dij idingthe ve,hic1.ebodyintocompartments, a seat comprisingja back fixed togthe front 1' I l 1 sideof a section of thepartitioma seat ,por- V i a .29 tion connected ,atits outer corner t'osaid ,1 v

partition adapted tov swing its free rear 1o corner from the partition and pivoted means I I I mountedon the underside of saidseat-porl- T e v tionladapted to guide the seatina: substan-' -v i a 'tial1y ,forwarddirection as the partitionisff .v mo'vedforward,substantiallyuasset forth; In itness whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand at:KnightstowmfiIndiana, this,;29th f v day;0f=- October,'A;D, nineteen hundredand 7 49 twenty-nine. g; 7 5 vi RALPH L. SILVER; 1 .1. 

